CISA, NSA and FBI Warn Hackers Using AI-Generated Scripts to Target Siemens S7 PLCs
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Airlock Digital Completes Independent IRAP Assessment at the PROTECTED Level
Airlock Digital, a global provider of application control and allowlisting solutions, today announced that it has completed an independent Information Securi...
NSA, FBI warns of hackers using AI-generated tools in attacks on critical infrastructure technology
The National Security Agency (NSA), FBI and other federal agencies said the campaign is targeting Siemens S7 Series PLCs and was being fueled by “AI-assisted...
A California county wants to hire Tina Peters to help run its elections
After her prison sentence for felony election-related crimes was commuted, Peters is poised to once again administer critical election duties. The post A Cal...
China-Nexus Hackers Target Myanmar Diplomats With QUICAgent Go Backdoor via Malicious VHD Files
A China-nexus threat actor is targeting Myanmar government and diplomatic personnel with a multi-stage malware campaign that delivers a custom Go-based backd...
US charges Iranians for sprawling hacking campaign on government agencies, universities
The Justice Department accused 17 alleged hackers with ties to the Iranian government of breaching email accounts at U.S.
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-64849 MLflow Se...
Eight years later, federal authorities re-up charges against alleged Iranian hackers at Mabna Institute
The superseding indictment adds defendants and allegations against the Iranian firm accused of a massive cybertheft campaign against foreign universities and...
Berlin cuts two state ministries off government network after security breach
The affected ministries — one responsible for urban development, construction and housing, and the other for mobility, transport, climate protection and the ...
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2025-62593 Ray-Proje...
What the CISO role will look like in 2029
Wolfgang Goerlich has spent his career in security and has been a CISO for the past seven years. Like many long-term security execs, Goerlich has seen plenty...
The Agentic AI threat cluster: Seven incidents, three actors, and what they mean for your exposure
Tenable’s Research Special Operations (RSO) team has been tracking a cluster of agentic AI threat activity since late July 2026. The Taiwan autonomous AI cyb...
In Other News: Rapid7 Layoffs, Hacking a Boeing 737, Refrigeration System Vulnerabilities
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: government AI platform deal sparks outrage, North Korean IT worker breaches federal agency, DEF C...
Apple Warns iPhone Users in 110 Countries of Mercenary Spyware Attacks
Apple has issued a new set of high-confidence Apple Threat Notification alerts, warning selected iPhone users in 110 countries that they may be targets of go...
US Authorizes Private Cyber Firms to Hack Transnational Criminal Networks
Trump authorizes vetted US cybersecurity firms to conduct government-approved cyber operations against transnational criminal networks. President Trump signe...
Weak IAM affects up to 98% of cloud environments
Misconfiguration remains one of the leading threats to cloud environments because a single configuration error can result in public network access, unrotated...
Taiwan confirms AI-assisted cyberattack on government systems
One expert said it's not the first AI-enabled attack on a government network -- it's the first one we've heard about.
Botnets before the ballots: US midterms at risk?
Here’s what election security teams need to consider ahead of the elections this fall.
White House authorizes private US companies to hack foreign criminal networks
President Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum on August 12 allowing vetted private companies to run offensive cyber operations against f...
Who Vets AI’s Code? The Scale Challenge Facing Open Source Ingestion
AI coding tools can introduce unvetted or hallucinated open source dependencies faster than traditional security reviews can keep pace. ActiveState explains ...